Monday, Feb 23 is a great date, one Joey Yap recommended in Singapore.
You can activate any or all of the 3 Annual Noble locations listed below based on your needs. This is using the annual nobleman and problem solving stars in their 2015 locations.

The locations in the home or office include: Sun Star in Southwest 3, Moon Star in Northwest 1, Dragon Virtue Star in Northeast 3, Fortune Virtue Star in Southeast 1

Day’s Ratings: Stable, Auspicious

Positive Stars: Monthly Wealth, 3 Harmony

TIME: 6:30am or between 7-9am.

LOOK AT YOUR BAZI (Chinese birth chart)

This day is especially good if your BaZi day pillar is Wu Wu (Earth Horse), Ren Wu (Water Horse), Yi Mao (Wood Rabbit). Or, if your day pillar contains these animals Yin, Wu or Wei or in English Tiger, Horse or Goat.

The day clashes the Rat, so do not use if you have a Rat in your chart.

ACTIVATION RECOMMENDATIONS: How to activate you home using the Annual Noble Stars. You measure from the center of the home. The best option is to have an accurate floorpan and overlay a 24 Mountain Loupan transparency onto it to find the locations outlined below.

You can enlarge this loupan, make a transparency and overlay it onto your floorplan. If your floorpan has cut outs or missing corners, square off the boundaries first.

You will need to know how to read the facing degrees of your home.

Below is an example how to overlay a transparency (this one in Chinese) onto a floor plan. This home’s entry door is at the bottom of the diagram and faces Southwest, Goat or Wei direction, 211°. The homeowner has marked the locations listed above to activate and use on Feb 23, 2015.

Using Water & Fire:

1. Put a tall column of water in Sun Star location at SW3 sector of the home for 2 weeks.

2. Put a tall column of water in Fortune Virtue Star location at SE1 sector of the home for 2 weeks.

3. Put a candle in the Dragon Virtue Star location at NE3 for one day or two. Be VERY safe. Do not do if you will not be home, have small children or pets. You can use a lava lamp instead.

You can use these locations to work for the day, hold meetings in these locations. Or sit in them while in a meeting. You can also send emails or have meeting during the times listed.

DESCRIPTIONS OF 3 of the ANNUAL NOBLE ACTIVATION SECTORS. Sectors are demarcated from the center of the home.

SW3 Monkey (232-247°)The SUN STAR helps dissolve negative issues that occur. Helps with execution of plans and ideas. A yang star, especially helpful for men. Helpful males come support you. Opportunity to travel abroad and make profits from it. You stand on the path to righteousness. Use when a negative sector is accidentally activated (i.e. renovations or by neighbor). Great if you have a Snake, Rat or Dragon in your chart. Not for people with a TIGER in the BZ chart.

NE3 Tiger (52-67°) The DRAGON VIRTUE star helps rectify wrongs, legal problems, dissolve negatives into positives. Use to secure bank loans, for happy events, career boost, wealth luck or celebrations. Good for new contracts, friends, promotions. Those in high status benefit more. Use for insurmountable obstacles & when you can’t reap monetary benefits. Best if you have a Pig, Horse or Dog in your chart. Not for people with a MONKEY in the BZ chart.

SE1 Dragon (112-127°) The FORTUNE VIRTUE STAR brings happy events, good relationships/health, ability to self-cultivate and remove obstacles with helpful people. Improves quality of life. Use for happy events and good tidings. All endings are positive! Best if you have a Rooster, Monkey or Rat in your chart. Not for people with a DOG in the BZ Chart.

Today we will give two suggestions on how to use September 9. Conventional date selection is simpler and more people are familiar with this. The second method is Qi Men Dun Jia which is quickly becoming popular around the world in the feng shui community. As QMDJ is newer, many are in the testing period of this method. There have been reports of good results, which will improve over time. Like all new things, practice brings better results. We welcome your comments as we are all in a learning process together. Many of you have your own experiences so do share!

Whichever system you try, it is good to journal what you do and also log the outcome, good or bad. After trial and error, you will see patterns in what works and what doesn’t. Eventually, you will become better at it and your results will show.

September 9, 2013 is a Water Goat day.

An added plus to this day is the annual Sun Star is in the Goat’s sector (southwest 1) for the year. A common phrase with the Sun Star is, “Where the Sun resides, all evil subsides.” The Sun Star is known to help in overcoming negatives and turning them into positives and bringing nobleman help from males. This adds to the day’s positives. If your day master in your BaZi is Yang Metal, Yang Wood or Yang Earth, this day has an additional bonus for you as Goat is your personal nobleman star. You would have already experienced the presence of nobleman this year.

Goat is in the Southwest 1 sector of any property or within a single room. This is 203°-217°, measuring from the center of the property or from the center of a room. If you have an iPhone, iPad or a smart phone, you can get a free compass app or better, get Joey Yap’s Xuan Kong compass app. Using a compass is more accurate. You can alternatively go on goolgemaps.com, plug in your address to get directions of the property. There will be a bit of guessing using this method.

Once found, go to the southwest area of your house or room and use it. You will know if you got it right after you have used it and see results.

Using LOCATION and DIRECTION – What is the difference?

Location is being inside the sector of Southwest for this day:

Under Conventional Date Selection, you can sit in the Southwest sector for this day to do your work or during an important meeting, sit in the SW of the room. This means be in the sector of location of SW.

Direction is the way you are facing when you sit. The best direction for you is based on your Gua number.

For the Advanced: Na Jia Table. Look for your Gua on the Left side. Green are your good directions. Go above the rows and your good directions are listed there. TY is Tian Yi Heaven Doctor, my favorite as it helps solve problems & bring you help. SQ is Sheng Qi for success. YN is Yan Nian for relationships. FW is Fu Wei stability. Chart produced by Steve Garvey.

On top of location, try to use your personal good directions while in the sector. This is the direction you are facing (as opposed to being in the location). Choose a good facingdirection based your Gua number. West group people use west group directions: southwest, west, northwest, northeast. East group people use East group directions: east, southeast, south, north.

The Day Pillar is generally the guiding pillar. The Gua # will show what are your good and directions. The Nobleman Star and Gua # are indicated on the upper left of the chart.

For the advanced user, use the Na Jia directions as listed in the Na Jia chart below. Use this only if you have some experience, otherwise it may be too complicated. Simple is always good.

Who is September 9th best for?

Most of us can use it well, but it is especially good for those born on the following days according to their BaZi birth charts:

Xin Wei or Metal Goat, Geng Shen or Metal Monkey, Wu Wu or Earth Horse and also those born on a Horse, Rabbit or Pig day. These pillars are show on the chart below. Those with Chou or Ox in their charts might not use this day as it clashes on you and the benefits will not be received.

Sep 9 is Water Goat. Look at the 5 pillars below the the day. The 3 on the left are great if these pillars are in your BaZi. The two on the right in your chart make this day not usable for you. Chart is from Joey Yap’s Pro Tong Shu. We highly recommend you purchase the 2015 calendar as it is a powerful Date Selection tool.

HOURS TO USE

Conventional Date Selection

There are 3 auspicious hours. 5-7am, 9-11am or 7-9pm. These are the hours of the Rabbit, Snake and the Dog respectively. All 3 hours bring noblemen help on the 9th. This means, using it, taps into help from people of caliber to come to you. You can use them all provided they do not clash the day you are born. If your Day Master is Yang or Yin Water (Ren or Kui) the Rabbit and Snake are your personal Nobleman Stars. Hence you have an added plus on this day as this is your nobleman hour. The Dog hour is the Nobleman hour for this day.

It is best to pick an hour that does not clash your day branch. Eg. – if you are born on a Rooster Day, Rabbit hour is not usable. If you are born on a Pig day, Snake hour is not usable. If you are born on a Dragon day pass on using the Dog hour.

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Method 2 – For advanced users and followers of QMDJ

Qi Men Dun Jia and the Flying Bird Falling Into the Cave on September 9th

Flying Bird Falling Into the Cave (FBFC) – Is in the South between 9-10:59am. FBFC is an auspicious sign. This formation brings you what you hope to achieve and with ease. If the South is either your Destiny or current 15 year Luck Palace, you will benefit the most from using this hour. For the rest of us, we can still get good results.

Below is the Qi Men Chart of Sep 9, 2014

What is this day good for?

Money, Wealth and Opportunities

Earth (God of Wealth) is with the Open Door in the South. This would be a good time to use if you need help with money or to make wealth related decisions . As the Open Door brings opportunities and affects one’s career or place of business, it is a good time to take Action and/or Ask for help regarding opportunities related to money and wealth investments or with your career.

Asking for Forgiveness – Heavenly Dun formation

There are times we make mistakes. This is a good day to make amends for those mistakes as the Heavenly Dun formation is also in the South. Heavenly Dun is helpful if you need to ask for forgiveness or you need to make a public statement regarding some mistake and you want to be forgiven. You have seen politicians do this and be forgiven of their transgressions. Put your back to South when you are asking for forgiveness.

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How to use this hour?

We suggest you conduct your business or work with your back to the South direction during this time, asking Earth deity to be with you as you make your financial decisions. Example: If you are going to have a meeting with your banker to ask for a loan, walk out of a South door between 9-11am and ask Earth Deity to be with you during the meeting and get the banker to grant you the loan request.

We suggest a prayer request for what you want with your back to South. Put your back to any direction of South from 158-203°, face opposite toward North. Location does not matter.

For Advanced Users:

If you do not know Xuan Kong Da Gua pass on this part. If you know Xuan Kong Da Gua, you might want to select a good hexagram that combines with your day pillar. We like to use combination of 10, HeTu combos or the same number as the bottom number of our day pillar hexagram. We find this to very effective. Eg- If your day pillar hexagram has 6 at the bottom number (period star), you can choose from these hexagrams: The Cauldron with a 4, Heaven with 1 or, Eliminating with a 6. We would choose Cauldron as it is best matches to our goal.

If you know how to place water and fire to trigger Qi, use those appropriately in the SW1 Sun Star, NE1 Dragon Virtue Star, W Moon Star or E Fortune Virtue Star. Choose the ones, depending on which location best suits your BaZi chart and does not clash. These are the annual 4 Noble Star for 2014.

Using the “Asking Tool”

This is using the spiritual realm of QM. This taps into the spiritual influence of the day. But you must first get into alpha state or “Sage Mode”, Joey Yap’s phrase for a meditative, calm state of mind. Ask for what you want to come to you. You must ask, using ONLY positive words. Avoid words like – not, can’t, won’t, don’t, no, or words that have a negative connotation. It is helpful to write out what you want ahead of time. You do not have to take a long time to make your request.

Reminder: QMDJ works best when you have done all your basic Feng Shui around the home. This is your 8 Mansions and Annual treatments. For example, placing your bed and work desk in good directions that support you.

In a business deal, here is what the Flying Bird Falling Into the Cave influences:

Flying Bird Falls into the Cave is a Favored formation – QMDJ Strategic Execution book #17

The East is good if you need the help from Chief deity. Chief brings the promise of achieving your goal. As Death door is in the East, I would restrict use of it to matters related to land. E is especially good is your Destiny Palace or Current Luck Palace is in S. Jia is hidden in the E with Chief, the most powerful deity in the Qi Men Dun Jia System.

Sept 9, 9-10:59 hour Chart shows the Flying Bird Falling Into the Cave Formation in the South. It is a favorite formation in QMDJ. In the East, Chief is with the Wood Fire Brilliance, another good formation. As it has Death door, restrict its use to matters dealing with land. Joey Yap 540 Yin Structures Book pg 1126

The E is visited by the Wood Fire Brilliance formation. Put your back to East. I prefer 85-93° as is the Rabbit direction and Mao has the annual Fortune Virtue star which sees happy events. See below for WFB defined.

Calm yourself in a comfortable chair and get into “Sage Mode”. Once you have reached this alpha state, make your request, using only positive words.

For the Advanced Users: If the above do not work for you, 11-1:12:59 Green Dragon Returning formation is in SW. FBFC is again in the SE at 1-2:59pm. Look at page 1128, 1130 of the 540 Yin Structure book for details. Harmony deity is great for relationships, family matters in the SE at 3-4:59pm. Pg 1132.

Negative Big Consumer Star – Do no make big purchase on this day as you will over pay for the item.

September 2 is a Bing Zi or Fire Rat Day. Especially good for those with BaZi Pillars of Jia Zi or Wood Rat, Ding Chou or Fire Ox, and Xin Chou or Metal Ox. Those with Wu or have a Horse in the chart should pass on this day as it clashes you. The benefits are limited.

In regular Date Selection, the 9-11am brings wealth and nobleman help. Use this time to pull in help from people of high caliber to you. If the Snake is your personal Nobleman Star, you are doubly blessed. This is true for those who’s BaZi Day Master is Ren/Yang Water or Kui/Yin Water. You may use this hour if you are comfortable with Date Selection.

Chinese Calligraphy imaging the 8 Immortals, a popular symbol of good luck in the Chinese culture. 8 Guardian Deities in QMDJ are sometimes compared to the 8 Immortals.

For those interested in using the Qi Men Dun Jia hours of 1-2:59pm, please read on. This is the hour of the Wood Goat.

Use West direction. This hour sees Harmony Guardian deity with the Open Door. Harmony is helpful for matters relating to relationships, networking and connecting with people. Open Door denotes opportunities, matters relating to one’s career, or a business place of operation. This hour is especially good for those with West as their destiny palace or current luck palace.

West sees the Green Dragon Turns Bright formation. It denotes help from Noble people….”Your task or goal will become easier with the help of others…….Good for finding opportunities and seeking a promotion and prosperity.”

Put your back to any part of West. I prefer West 2 direction, between 264°-275° as it taps into the annual Moon Star, bringing the help of female noble people.It helps turn negative situations into positives. You can use this hour to conduct a meeting, launch a campaign or initiate a plan that involves bringing opportunities related to connecting with people or involving your career.

You can also use this hour to tap into the spiritual realm or your subconscious mind by using the “Asking Tool.”

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The Asking Tool

To use the Asking Tool, first get into Sage Mode, a meditative, calm state of mind. Focus on your objective. Imagine your goal coming to life. Who is with you and what you are achieving. When you reach a calm state, ask for what you want to come to you. Imagine how it will come, the steps you will take to make it happen and the end product. When you ask, use ONLY positive words. Leave out words like – no, don’t, can’t, shouldn’t, etc. It is helpful to write out what you want ahead of time. The length of time used is up to you.

Reminder: QMDJ works best when you have done all your basic Feng Shui around the home. This is placing your bed and work desk in good directions that personally support you. And, you have taken care of your annual treatments. Even without this, you can get results. But why not set it all up to amplify the outcomes?

You can also use Northeast if it better meets your needs. NE is with the Chief guardian deity, the strongest of the 8 deities.

Northeast: Good for “hunting” for clients, customers or other related type matters.

Put your back to Northeast 1, btw 23°-37°. You can use any part of NE. I prefer NE1 as it connects to the Annual Dragon Virtue Star, which helps resolves difficult situations and turns them into positives.

Get into Sage Mode and use the Asking Tool. During these times, you can sit with your back to these directions and conduct important activity related to matters that require you to “hunt” or seek out what you want.

Put your back to North 1, btw 338°-353°, get into Sage Mode and Ask for what you want to happen. Then take some action within 24 hours. If you have a meeting, an important phone call or need to send out an email, put your back to this direction and conduct your work.

Pg 842, QMDJ 540 Yin Structures Book #4.

For the advanced students. If none of these hours suits your need, look into the 540 Yin Structures book and review the available charts to find an hour appropriate to your needs.

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Aug 24th is a Ding Mao/Fire Rabbit Day. It is especially good for those with Yi Mao/Wood Rabbit, Bing Chen/Fire Dragon, or Ren Xu/Water Dog in their
BaZi birth charts. Those with You/Rooster in their charts might not use this day as it clashes on you and the benefits will not be had.

In regular Date Selection, the 9-11am hour is also auspicious. This is the hour of the Snake which is the nobleman hour of Aug 24th. Using this time will tap into help from people of high caliber to come to you. If the Snake is your personal Nobleman Star, you are doubly blessed. This is true for those who’s BaZi Day Master is Ren or Kui.

Flying Bird Falling Into the Cave – A favored formation in QMDJ. It is in the North between 9-10:59am. The Flying Bird formation brings to you what you hope to achieve and with little effort. FBFC is formed when Bing/Yang Fire with Wu/Yang are in the same palace.

As Tortoise deity is there, this would be a good hour to use if you need to mesmerize your audience or customers or to market something. Or, to go “hunting” for clients or customers or for something you want.

Below is the Qi Men Chart of Aug 24, 2014

The Bing/Yang Fire with Wu/Yang Earth in the North palace, is an auspicious sign. If the North is either your Destiny or Current Luck Palace, you will benefit the most from using this hour. For the rest of us, we may still use the hour with great results.

Put your back to North 1 Direction, which is the first 15° of North. You must first get into Sage Mode, a meditative calm state of mind. Ask for what you want to come to you. You must ask, using ONLY positive words. It is helpful to write out what you want ahead of time. You do not have to take a long time to make your request.

Reminder: QMDJ works best when you have done all your basic Feng Shui around the home. For example, placing your bed and work desk in good directions that support you.

In a business deal, here is what the Flying Bird Falling Into the Cave influences:

Flying Bird Falls into the Cave is a Favored formation in QM. Source: Joey Yap Strategic Execution Book

The Southwest is equally good and especially if the SW is your Destiny Palace or Current Luck Palace. Jia is hidden in the SW with Chief, the most powerful deity in the Qi Men Dun Jia System. Chief brings the promise of achieving you goal.

In the SW, Jia/Yang Wood with Yi/Yin Wood in the SW palace is called the Green Dragon Combines Spirit Formation. Put your back to North 1, the first 15° of North. Calm yourself in a comfortable chair and get into Sage Mode. Once you have reached this alpha state, make your request, using only positive words. Green Dragon Combines Spirit is defined below.

February 4 is the key transition date into the Wood Horse Year. It is a fabulous day to kick off the new year by activating the “4 Nobles,” or 4 Kings in the home. The 4 Nobles are the main stars in the year that, if triggered in the home, can bring in Nobleman help, assist in solving problems and bringing immunity from negative Qi that may permeate the weak points in the home for 2014 Wood Horse Year.

Each year, we use 4 locations identified as the 4 Nobles which are called the Sun Star, Moon Star, Dragon Virtue Star and Fortune Virtue Star. The locations of the 4 Nobles change yearly as the Earth orbits around the Sun. Each can enlist the help of Nobleman, increase prosperity, happiness, good health, bring the ability to maneuver through choppy waters and turn negatives into positives.

On Feb 4 at 9am, I encourage you to activate all 4 locations in the home to herald in 2014 Wood Horse Year on a good strong footing. It will not prevent the ups and downs of life as that IS LIFE. However, it can greatly increase your ability to grasp opportunities, make better informed decisions and choices, and give you an edge to maneuver the year’s challenges. A healthy mental attitude and good physical health is always central to leverage your odds and level the playing field.

On Feb 4th the main purpose of activating the 4 Nobles is to bring immunity to the year’s most challenging energies which are in the Northwest and East sectors of the home or office. Throughout the year, these locations can be repeatedly activated to help solve problems as needed (just like acupuncture). Leave your contact number below if you need help.

Below identifies the locations of the 4 Nobles in the home or work place for 2014.

What does it mean to Activate?

The Activation purpose is to stimulate positive Qi in the right place at the right time with movement: Use still water in Southwest 1. In the other locations, move furniture in and out after cleaning in the areas, pound a nail into the wall, play music for 24 hours in the locations. Water should be in a container approximately 3 feet tall. Minimally 8-10″ wide and 2-3 feet wide if the home is more that 2,000 square feet. Water collects Qi so it should be still water.

It is optimum if a main door or bedroom is at the location. A window is also helpful but not as effective. Leave them open for as long as you can. You can also activate outside by planting something and stirring up the Qi in the location. These actions trigger the energies of that star. This can be compared to acupuncture. Specific acupuncture points are stimulated to bring the body in balance. Date Selection at the right activation points are used to stimulate the qi in the home, bringing benefits to the occupants.

THE SECRET

To add SUPERIOR advantage to your Activation, go to the Southwest 1 sector, put your back to the SW and face Northeast. Either Pray or Ask for what you want in 2014 from your Guardian Angel, Spirit Guide, the Chief Deity or whatever divine help that you connect with. Be specific and ONLY use positive words.

For those of you who follow Qi Men Dun Jia, the Chief Deity is at maximum frequency at 9am on Feb 4th. A secondary hour is 1-3pm although not a potent. Anyone can use this Pray and Ask tool regardless of what is in your birth chart. It works best if in your Qi Men Dun Jia chart, your personal Destiny Palace or current luck palace is the Southwest.

FINDING THE SECTORS

Each 45 degrees of the 8 compass sectors are subdivided into 15 degree segments. The number next to the compass direction tells you which 15 degrees of the sector to activate. The most accurate way to identify the locations is to have a floor plan and over lay the compass directions onto the floor plan. Stand in the center of the home and measure with a compass where each sector is. For accuracy, get professional help if you can.

The house activation is not usable if you have a rat in any of your 4 pillars, either hour, day, month or year. This day is most effective for people with a Tiger, Dog or Goat in your day pillar and other pillars secondarily. It is most effective for people with Wood Horse, Fire Sheep or Metal Sheep in any of your four pillars, especially the day. It is not usable for people with a Rat in any of your 4 pillars.

2014 Wood Horse Year 4 NOBLES

Southwest 1 Goat (203° – 218°) has the SUN STAR

For Oops Problems
Sun Star’s strength is mitigating, dissolving and reducing the effects of problems and negative issues. Helps with execution of plans, ideas. Male noblemen come into your life. Especially useful for males, as it is a yang star. Opportunity to travel abroad and make profits from it. You stand on the path to righteousness. Use when a negative sector is accidentally activated (i.e. renovations or by neighbor). Best if you have a Pig, Rabbit or Horse in your chart. DO NOT ACTIVATE IF YOU HAVE AN OX IN YOUR BIRTH CHART.

West 2 Rooster (263°-277°) has the MOON STAR

For Communication Problems
Moon Star helps improve and solve communication issues, removes barriers or negative situations caused by communication problems. Helps brings opportunities to increase wealth, generate income, helps with strategy. Is money making behind the scenes. Indicates wealth luck, can make a serious investment or extend your portfolio. Property buying is good. Good Peach Blossom luck for males, but be careful if you are in a relationship. It is the mastermind of emotions and can affect moods. Female noble people come in your life. Especially effective for females, as it is a yin star. Pay attention to female superiors or subordinates. Use to remove blockages caused by break down in communications.

Best if you have a Snake, Ox or Dragon in your chart. DO NOT ACTIVATE IF YOU HAVE A RABBIT IN YOUR CHART.

Northeast 1 Ox (23° – 38°) has the DRAGON VIRTUE or Emperor Star

For Obstacles
Dragon Virtue rectifies wrongs, dissolves negative events, situations and legal problems, turns them into positives. Activate location to handle problems or you need help to enhance wealth luck, need a career boost or promotion. It is good for new contracts, friends, promotions, celebrations and happy events. One is in a good position to reap profits, see opportunities and make money. Those in high status stand to benefit more. Use when obstacles are insurmountable or difficult to remove and you are unable to reap rewards for your labor (especially monetary). It can be used to help get a loan from a bank (classic e.g. of money obstruction).

Best if you have a Snake, Rooster or Rat in your chart. DO NOT ACTIVATE IF YOU HAVE A GOAT IN YOUR CHART.

East 2 Rabbit (83°-97°) has the FORTUNE VIRTUE STAR

For Happiness and Happy Events
Fortune Virtue helps brings happy events, good relationships, removes obstacles with helpful people supporting you. All endings are positive! You must commit to overcome the issue with this star. When the Chinese talk about prosperity and good fortune, they are talking about the quality of life – happiness, contentment and satisfaction and not necessarily money. This is for limiting worries, good health and ability to self-cultivate. It improves the quality of life. Use for happy events and good tidings. Note: For 2014, this sector has problems. Use only with my help.

Best if you have a Pig, Goat, or Dog in your chart. DO NOT ACTIVATE IF YOU HAVE A ROOSTER IN YOUR CHART.

Direction is one aspect of solving the problem. We must also do the right thing at the right time. We use ZeRi or Date Selection for timing. The date and time selection aspect is utilized to maximize positive outcomes of the date. If during the year you need help, feel free to contact me for auspicious dates to trigger the Qi you need.

May all the dreams you have, the goals you set, the peace you seek, the happiness you desire come to you in the Wood Horse Year!

The source of the information is this blog is from my teacher, Joey Yap of Mastery Academy of Chinese Metaphysics in Malaysia.

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